Methods of recruitment

• Job boards like Indeed and LinkedIn are common methods of external recruitment
• Recruitment agencies specialize in finding and screening suitable candidates
• One disadvantage of internal recruitment is that it may limit the pool of available candidates
• What are the two primary categories of recruitment methods?

  Internal and external
• Which external recruitment method involves advertising in newspapers or magazines?

  Print media
• External recruitment involves seeking candidates from outside the organization
• Campus recruitment involves directly recruiting recent graduates from universities and colleges
• What is a key advantage of internal recruitment in terms of costs?

  Reduces training costs
• Match the recruitment method with its advantage:

  Internal Recruitment ↔️ Boosts morale

  External Recruitment ↔️ Wider talent pool

  Job Boards ↔️ Reaches many candidates

  Employee Referrals ↔️ Cost-effective method
• Match the internal recruitment method with its description:

  Internal job postings ↔️ Advertising open positions within the company

  Employee referrals ↔️ Current employees recommending candidates

  Skills inventories ↔️ Using databases to identify suitable employees
• Newspapers and trade magazines are examples of print
• Internal recruitment can stifle innovation by introducing new perspectives.

  False
• Match the advantage of external recruitment with its description:

  Fresh perspectives ↔️ Introduces new ideas and approaches

  Wider talent pool ↔️ Access to a larger pool of candidates

  New skills ↔️ Brings expertise from outside
• Order the steps in the internal recruitment process:

  1️⃣ Advertise open positions

  2️⃣ Receive applications

  3️⃣ Screen candidates

  4️⃣ Conduct interviews

  5️⃣ Select and offer job
• Internal recruitment involves promoting or transferring employees from within the organization
• Recruitment methods fall into two main categories: internal and external
• What is the primary goal of external recruitment?

  Bring fresh perspectives
• Campus recruitment involves hiring recent graduates from universities.


  True
• External recruitment may disrupt team dynamics
• What are websites like Indeed and LinkedIn examples of in external recruitment?

  Job boards
• Why is campus recruitment used in external recruitment?

  Hire recent graduates
• Seeking candidates from outside the organization is known as external recruitment.
• Internal job postings are a common method of internal recruitment.


  True
• Rank the following internal recruitment methods by their frequency of use:

  1️⃣ Internal job postings

  2️⃣ Employee referrals

  3️⃣ Skills inventories
• What is campus recruitment used for?

  Hiring recent graduates
• What is a key disadvantage of external recruitment?

  Higher recruitment costs
• Order the following external recruitment methods from least to most costly:

  1️⃣ Company websites

  2️⃣ Social media

  3️⃣ Job boards

  4️⃣ Recruitment agencies
• Recruitment agencies specialize in finding and screening suitable candidates
• External recruitment costs are generally higher than internal recruitment costs.


  True
• Smaller companies may rely more on external recruitment due to limited internal options.


  True
• Internal recruitment involves promoting or transferring employees from within the organization
• What is a disadvantage of external recruitment in terms of team dynamics?

  Potential to disrupt team dynamics
• What are recruitment methods defined as?

  Strategies to attract employees
• Internal recruitment involves seeking candidates from outside the organization.

  False
• Order the following external recruitment methods from least to most costly:

  1️⃣ Social media

  2️⃣ Company websites

  3️⃣ Recruitment agencies
• What is a key disadvantage of internal recruitment?

  Limits the pool of candidates
• What is the purpose of internal job postings in recruitment?

  Advertise open positions
• Recruitment agencies specialize in finding and screening suitable candidates
• External recruitment always leads to higher employee morale.

  False
• What are recruitment methods used for?

  Attracting potential employees